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(PULSING, PERCUSSIVE MUSIC)

(PUTATARA BELLOWS)

(WOMAN PERFORMS KARANGA)

(GROUP PERFORMS HAKA)

- ALL CHANT: Tino rangatiratanga!

Aue, ha!

(GROUP PERFORMS HAKA)

- Tikina atu te ko,

pai atu te ko,

koi te ko, maro te ko,

mau te ko, ka mau!

E ona te ngau,

e para te ngau,

e papa te ngau.

- Kiamanawanui mai.

We need everyone to make their way to the boardwalk now, please!

OK, stay calm. Do not run, but do not muck around.

- Hei aha tera, whanau.

E noho mai, whanau.

- Ti, are you still at the occupation?

(DRAMATIC SYNTH MUSIC)

- Tai?!

(DISTANT BOOM)

- We're getting reports of at least three people dead and many more injured

in a blast in central New Plymouth this afternoon.

The explosion reportedly went off at Puke Ariki at around 2.15.

Some are already calling it a terrorist attack.

- # Don't look down, my baby.

# It's OK to look up.

# Cos the sun will shine again.

# If it rains, you might get wet,

# but it washes regret at the same time. #

That's the line. Did you hear it?

That's what was translated to, (SINGS) 'Tuku ake rere maunga a rongo,'

which is talking about

creating space to share views and reconcile differences.

Maungaarongo.

# Tu tama, wahine,

# matike mai ra

# kia ai o te ao

# kia rangona nga reo

# tukua kia rere,

# maunga a rongo. #

- E rongo ana ranei koe ki te...

ihi i roto i aua kupu?

- Ae ra.

Pai ki atu, ki au, i era o te reo Pakeha.

I, um—

I think the whole song is way better.

You know, it's taken on a new meaning.

I wrote the original when I was 18. I'm, um— I'm a completely different person now.

- Ko taku patai mou.

Kaore koe i tipua ki te ao Maori, ne?

No reira,

i pehea na to ruku atu ki to taha Maori?

You know, you've become a poster girl for a Maori-led occupation. - Mm! (CHUCKLES)

- He whetu tiramarama ki te atamira.

He whetu arataki oki i te porotehi nei.

- Mm. Uh...

E rite tonu pea

ki te hikoi i roto i tetahi ao miharo.

Ao Maori nei.

Kua roa au e whakapau kaha ana ki te ao Maori,

ahakoa e uaua.

- He aha i uaua ai?

- Hei aha tera mo tenei wa, ne?

Shall we do the new one? - Uh, ae. Kei a koe.

We'll just take a moment to rejig the lights and set it up quickly if you wanna get changed.

He waiata hou, he kakahu hou.

Um, kati, he aha te ingoa o te waiata hou ra?

- Fuck The System. - Huh?

- Koia te ingoa o te waiata hou ra — Fuck The System.

FTS.

- Fuck you.

The fuck? You want one outs? - Oh, so I am here?

- Yeah. And you're gonna get a hiding.

- All right. Ka pehea...

tenei mea hiriwa

raua koinei putu?

- She's gonna hate it. - Well, ana, kei a koe.

OK. Ooh! Tenei pea?

- Kao. Kaore I te korero mo nga kakahu.

Ko te purari waiata.

She's gonna hate the song.

- No. Ka kore.

E kore Cheyne e kino puta o waiata. - Ka kino ia.

She's a pretentious whakaputa mohio.

Look down her fuckin' glasses at me like... tuturu Maori.

- Hey. Ko koe ano hoki te tuturu Maori.

He pukumahi koe.

Hopuni? Porotehi?

20 mineti e toe ana.

- Kaia.

Kua whakaaro au mo te...

hopuni.

- Ae. - Te porotehi ra.

- Ae.

- Kei te pirangi ratou ki te...

waiata kotahi, ne?

- No reira? - And they're expecting me to do Maungaarongo.

I want to do

Fuck The System.

Ugh, I'm not that naive little girl any more, Kaia.

Kei konei au.

Kua puta taku ingoa.

Me puta hoki

oku ake whakaaro.

When the ask me to do these puff pieces and no one takes me seriously, I just wanna... OOF.

Me waiata Fuck The System i te hopuni.

Well?

- Oh, kei a koe. Ehara i au te whakatau.

- Well, I thought I just asked you for it. - OK, ka aroha.

Mehemea pera rawa to hiahia me waiata.

- Why didn't you say that, then? - I te mea...

- (SCOFFS) Uh, it's saying something.

- The whole reason you're doing this piece is to build a profile.

- A lot of people down there agree with me.

They just don't want to say fuck the system! - He porotehi rongomau tenei.

- Just because it's an iwi-led occupation doesn't mean the whole thing has to be peaceful.

I etehi wa, me whawhai.

- Ae, i etehi wa.

Engari i konei?

- (SIGHS)

You're right.

Ehara i a koe te whakatau.

- I love you.

Engari kei hinga koe nga kino nei.

- So back me up.

- Hey, taihoa ake.

IN TE REO MAORI:

E korero a ko hoki mai. OK?

OK.

- Um, what's going on?

- Oh, ka aroha, Willa. Me haere maua. He kaupapa ano.

- What?

- Kua tae mai te minita a Ahorangi Wirihana.

Kua puta tetahi take. - Engari kei te... he aha?

You haven't finished my story yet. - Uh...

Look up, 'Ahorangi Wirihana, Whare Hononga.'

- (SCOFFS)

- # Toitu. - # Te Tiriti.

- # Toitu. - # Te manawa.

- He tangata to mua; he whenua to muri.

- # Toitu. - # Te Tiriti.

- # Toitu. - # Te manawa.

- He tangata to mua; he whenua to muri.

- # Toitu. - # Te Tiriti.

- # Toitu. - # Te Tiriti. #

- He tangata to mua; he whenua to muri.

- Kia ngahau te waiata.

Oh, ka kite.

- Kua hea atu raua?

- Um...

Ka tautoko tonu mai i au?

If the crowd hate me, will you still have my back?

- He aha ke atu?

- Mm.

Neke atu taua.

- Uh, he aha maku hei kawe atu? - Uh, maybe my lappie?

- Yeah. (PHONE RINGS) Oh.

Oh, taihoa ake.

Kia ora, this is...

Miki?

- WHISPERS: Fuck.

- He aha? Taihoa.

Me ata korero.

OK, e wehi ana inaianei.

Kare roa.

Whakatutaki atu ki a Hana Te Hemara?

Ka pai.

I— I've gotta go. - Hm?

- I'm sorry. - Kaia.

- It's Tyrone. - Kaia!

Kaia!

Mum, wait. Wait!

(TENSE MUSIC)

- So when I think of reconciliation, I think about how it must have been

to come home and find that everything has been taken away from you.

Can you imagine that —

coming home to your 'papakinga' and— and it's all gone?

And then the things we've lost to defend

our whenua

and our customs, our tikanga—

um, our customs...

Um— - That's enough. Thank you. I'll take it from here.

INTERPRETS: 'This place could have been amazing,

'but our people never had the chance to fulfil their moemoea.

'We will never know the vision my tupuna had for this whenua —

'a lost vision

'due to traitors and colonisers.

'A city where we were denied our right to be Maori,

'to be Taranaki.'

- Ko koe ke he kupapa.

(PEOPLE EXCLAIM) - Hey, kua nui. Stop interrupting.

- 'Today I stand here in Te Whare Hononga —

'a place that parishioners and iwi built to help reconcile our past.

'The whare that binds the descendants

'of my tupuna

'who resisted the Crown

'of the British forces garrisoned here during the Taranaki Wars,

'and of the people who built the St Mary's Cathedral.

'There is still much to resolve —

'kia aio hau te rongo

'for lasting peace.

'Some say that it is only when Waitara is returned

'that true healing and reconciliation can begin.

'But I believe that reconciliation demands that all land

'that was confiscated from Maori must be returned.

'All land is Maori land.

'I riro whenua atu

'me hoki whenua mai, and...

'and this racist government

'that is allowing the desecration of yet another wahi tapu...

'can go to hell. (PEOPLE GASP, EXCLAIM)

'That's what reconciliation means to me.

'Kia ora.'

- STUDENTS: # Tenei te whenua o Ngati Te Whiti.

# E karanga ake nei e.

# Te Ati Awa nui tonu

# e mihi atu ki a tatou katoa.

# Piki mai, kake mai... #

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

- (SIGHS)

- PERFORMS KARANGA:

(KEENS)

E Aho.

Mou tenei oneone.

Kaua e tuku o tatou whenua

mo te moni te take.

Hoki mai ki a tatou.

E Aho,

whakarongo ki to iwi.

He tangata to mua;

he whenua to muri.

(KEENS)

- Kei te pai, cuz?

- Kei hea te wharepaku?

- (SOBS)

- Ko to tama ano tera?

- Ae.

Ko Liam.

E whai ana i te reo rotarota ana.

- He aha ai?

- Kei ta tamahine ke te whakautu.

IN TE REO MAORI:

- Ko Liam to tamaiti whangai?

- IN TE REO MAORI:

Hey, uh...

Mo te repo na me nga tohe o waho...

Kare e pai.

Pehea ana koe?

Kare au mohio ka te pera ia.

No taua ope ano taua rautaki ki te porotu.

I korero au ki a ratou.

Engari, heki, kare ratou i paku aro mai ki au.

He te koretake hoki o tera wahine kawereo rotarota.

Kati, maku nga kaiwhakahaere e korero.

- He patu ngakau.

Me rongo o te reo o taku tamahine.

Pai noa iho au.

(SIGHS)

A, hei aha

te tatari mai moku.

Kia ora, Timoti, me te tautoko mai.

- Na.

Miharo to taenga mai, cuz.

Horo te wa.

- I can give her more.

- Nau i wakaae.

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

(PHONE RINGS)

- That was fast. - There's a video online.

Are you OK? I told you to take security.

- Yeah, Wiremu was there. I didn't want to make a fuss.

- He's not security. He's your driver. - I should've expected it.

- How do you want to handle this? You can have your 3pm in Whanganui.

And I can get a crew there for a news conference.

This is going to be the top— - They're Family, Raj.

They were just putting me in my place. - You need to get ahead of this.

This was an assault. - (SIGHS)

- ECHOES: He tangata to mua; he whenua to muri.

- Minister.

- Look, it's fine. I'll, um— I'll head to Whanganui soon.

No need to make a fuss.

- Shit.

- What? - There's another video.

(PHONE CHIMES)

What is this? A deepfake?

- ON VIDEO: All land is Maori land.

I riro whenua atu

me hoki whenua mai.

And this racist government

that is allowing the desecration of yet another wahi tapu can go to hell.

WHISPERS: God's sake, Jade.

- Is it real? - Yeah, it's real.

- Oh, this is bad. Minister, you need to fix this. - Fuck!

(ROOTS REGGAE MUSIC)

- # One by one they signed the Treaty

# unaware of their deceit. #

- Were you there at the end? I heard it was like a war zone.

20 days, was it? - Three weeks, yeah.

Yeah, I was there the whole time.

I got pepper sprayed on the last day.

I wasn't arrested but got a broken finger.

Still didn't get the vax.

- Think you'd get kicked off here? - I dunno, eh.

I mean, I've been here almost since the beginning, 70 days.

It doesn't feel anywhere near as tense as Welly.

Got our shit together down here.

- Quite peaceful, eh? - Yeah, hard.

Kind of place you can be yourself. - Too right.

Meet all sorts. Learn some of the history.

- Who's giving out free history lessons? - You're right.

Should be paying for them.

I'll give them a koha when I head back.

- (CHUCKLES) I was just taking the piss, bro. - No, you're right.

Everyone's gotta make a living. Nothing's free.

- Facts.

- You know those business owners — entitled pricks —

tried to get me to join the march today?

I mean, I'm losing customers too, you know.

No way they can make me join their side.

That young Chinese guy — runs the restaurant next door?

Hot temper. Me and him are bloody rowing all the time now.

Yeah.

This morning I left my music blasting just to piss him off.

- You know what I reckon it is with those guys?

They just want to get under our skin, make us angry,

force us to make some kind of mistake, you know,

anything to give the cops an excuse to take us out of here.

- Papa!

- Hey! Kia ora e tama.

Hey, kei hea o putu?

- I unuhia kia hikoi ki te awa.

Kia haere—? - Kei hea ake?

- Kei te awa. Papa, whakarongo mai.

- E mohio ana koe e nui te utu mai o putu?

- E te pai.

Papa? - Ae?

Kei te whakarongo. He aha?

- E aha ana au ki te takaro me nga tamariki i te papa takaro?

- Ko hea mea tamariki ma?

- Kaore e mohio ana ki a ratou ingoa.

- OK, well...

Mea au ki te kore e kite a koe

mehemea ka patai tetehi, ne,

ko wai ma o a takaro?

He aha taku e whakautu?

- Kei te taha o nga tama takarua.

Um...

- He pewhea raua ahua?

- He Maori. - (LAUGHS)

Kia ora!

- Tere ki te oma.

- Ae.

- Kaore tawhiti te papa takaro.

- Kei te pirangi au ki o raua ingoa.

OK?

Katahi ka ai koe ki te haere.

- Kia ora, Papa. - Kia ora e tama.

- I have no idea what you two were talking about,

but it sure looks like that kid adores his dad.

- He's the best, bro. - (CHUCKLES)

- All right.

How's that? - Oh, perfect, mate.

- Yeah? - Hey, how's the acting going?

I see that ad of yours is getting a comeback. - (LAUGHS) Yeah. Yeah, on TikTok.

I don't get any cash for that.

What are you doing on TikTok? - Oh, I follow my niece.

Yeah, she's on stage today. You should go watch.

- Oh, yeah. Who's she? - Willa.

Bloody good singer.

Runs in the family.

Catch ya.

- See you, Gars.

(REGGAE MUSIC PLAYS)

(PENSIVE MUSIC)

(PHONE SHUTTER CLICKS)

- No reira, ka kite atu au?

- Hey. Kia mata haere e tama.

(PHONE ALARM BEEPS)

Taea e te weto?

(BEEPING STOPS)

- Tenei taku tino.

(BOTH CHUCKLE) He tino whakaahua.

- Do you know the land you stand upon?

Do you know its stories?

The aroha it's poured into our people?

Because it doesn't look like you.

You plan to pave over our wahi tapu in concrete,

parks and shopping malls, saying it's to better our people.

But do you even know us?

Ko Maturuturu te whenua. Kei Maturuturu te toto.

This is far more than just a piece of dirt.

It holds the legacy of our people, our stories.

We will not allow this.

Our tupuna didn't stand for us just to lay down.

We will stand strong! (CHEERING)

Maturuturu te manawa whenua.

Marohirohi te manawa tangata.

So I ask you,

do you know the land we stand upon?

Because it doesn't know you.

(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)

(TENSE SYNTH MUSIC)

(CHILD YELPS)

- (YELLS)

- Kei konei au e tama. Anei a Papa.

- He cut his toe on some glass down on the rocks.

- He tere koe ki te oma? - Ae.

- Do you know where the first aid centre is? - Yes.

- Tono e tetahi kia haere mai.

Kei te pai e tama. - Ow.

- Hey, kia hoki atu ki te waka.

- (COUGHS)

Mamae ana.

Titiro, Papa.

He toto. Mamae.

- Mohio ana au e tama.

Kei te pai koe.

- We wrapped it up. It's pretty bad.

- Nga mihi.

- (WAILS) - Kia kaha.

Kia kaha e tama.

Kia maia.

Hey.

- What's happened? - I think he stood on some glass.

- OK, let's lie him down here.

- Here? Yeah.

(GRUNTS)

- You brave boy.

- Hiahia ona au toku mama.

- Kei te pai e tama. Hey, kia kaha.

Kia maia.

- (WAILS) - Kei konei au.

- It's a traumatic amputation of the big toe.

Were you with him when this happened?

- What? - The top of his big toe has been severed.

MUFFLED: We've got to control the bleeding. Was he alone down there? - BOY: No, he was with us.

- MUFFLED: You really shouldn't be left to play down there.

I'll give him some pain relief. Is he allergic to anything?

- (SCREAMS) - Sir.

Is he allergic to anything?

Sir? -I— I— No.

- All right, I'll give him some ibuprofen.

Here you go.

- Haere mai e tama.

- (WHIMPERS) - Kia kaha. Hey, hey, hey. Kia kaha. - MUFFLED: Is he fully vaccinated?

- No. I don't know. - OK, he may need a tetanus shot.

I'm gonna continue applying pressure to the wound.

Uh, could you just grab the phone that's in the front pocket here?

Uh, call 111 and get an ambulance down here.

(TENSE SYNTH MUSIC)

- Kia ora, this is— - Kaia, ko Miki.

- Miki?

- Don't freak out. Ko Taitai.

Ko motu tona waewae.

I tango atu ia ona putu.

I te takaro i te taha moana me nga tamariki. - He aha?

Taihoa. Me ata korero.

- Haramai ki te tiki a maua. Kei hea koe?

Me haere a Taitai ki te hohipera.

- Yeah, e wehe a nei inaianei. Kare roa.

Whakatutaki atu ki a Hana Te Hemara?

Ka pai. - Yeah.

- You should call an ambulance. - Yeah, yeah.

We're good. Help is on the way. - We found his toe!

- Oi, haere mai! - Bring it here?

(EERIE MUSIC)

- RT: 10-1. 10-1. All units in New Plymouth Central area be advised.

Three offenders from this morning's robbery at Shosha,

described as Maori or Polynesian, all under 20 wearing, hoodies and carrying backpacks.

One is potentially armed with a hammer.

Last seen on foot heading westbound on King St. - Roger. Copy that.

(SIREN WAILS)

(ENTRY BELL BUZZES) - Braydon. What about you, red hat?

Rhys?

- Quincy. - Quincy. Oh yeah.

I wanna see what's in your bag. - Why do we gotta do that?

- Do you guys want to end up going to school in a police car?

Show me your bags now. Let's go, let's go.

Show me your bags right now.

Open this one first. You guys get ready. Hurry up.

(PHONE DINGS)

- Yeah, I've got nothing. - Yes, I can see that.

All right, have a good day, boys.

What's up?

- Nothing.

- Say thank you from me? - Oh, they said you're practically one of the family now.

- Oh, xiexie.

- Well, you know,

technically, 'xiexie' is Mandarin. 'Dojeh' is Cantonese.

The family is Cantonese.

- You like panipopo?

Not really into it, eh.

(CAR ENGINE STARTS)

Take note back there? - The bag search?

- See how reluctant they were in the beginning?

- Yeah, but you didn't have a search warrant though, eh. - Reasonable grounds, age. Come on.

- Yeah, I know. I'm just saying I understand why they were reluctant. - They respect authority.

We just need to let them know who's boss.

And you can't be afraid of staunching them out.

Know what I mean?

You'll be fine. (PHONE RINGS)

(INDICATOR TICKS)

- So what'd you do for them? - Who?

- The bakery. - Oh, Mr Shu.

- Yeah. - He's a good man, Mr Shu.

Always up baking before 3am.

It's a dangerous time for him.

Lights on, anybody walking past, driving past, they can see he's in there all alone.

Yeah, they've been broken into a couple of times.

One incident was just plain anti-Asian hate. He got beat up pretty bad.

I caught the guy.

They locked him up.

I try and patrol around here in the mornings whenever I can.

Your family owns that Chinese restaurant, eh?

- Yeah, but we just call it restaurant, eh. - All right, all right. (CHUCKLES)

What is it? 'Dor-chur'?

- (CHUCKLES) Chur-chur.

(LAUGHS)

This is you.

(SIREN WHOOPS)

Shit, I know that kid. It's not him.

- Why's he running then, Adrian? - Because he's Maori and we're cops.

- Time to get back on the horse, Constable.

You have reasonable grounds to search.

- Con!

Con!

Con!

(INTENSE ELECTRONIC MUSIC)

Con!

Conrad!

Con! (DOGS BARK)

Con!

Con!

(GRUNTS)

- LILIU ON RT: Are you missing anything, Constable? You dropped your torch.

- Conrad! Hey!

Jesus Christ.

(TENSE MUSIC)

(CHUCKLES) Shit.

- Kia tere e koro.

- I te aha koe i nga marama? You staying out of trouble?

- Mohio koe. Inu waipiro, momo hikareti, ka ki te tahae.

Pulling on the glass barbie.

- Kei te pehea te kura?

- To tinana pakaru e hoa.

He aha koe whai mai au?

- He aha te taka i oma ai?

You run from a policeman; a policeman's gonna chase you.

- You chase a Maori boy; a Maori boy's gonna sidestep you.

- Oh, kia tupato e tama ne!

- Ne?! Chur to the Chinese accent.

Kia pono mai. He aha koe whai ma au?

He aha te take? - Uh...

mahi a...

He aha te kupu a...

aggravated robbery?

I te ata nei,

My partner thought you were a suspect, so...

Look, it wasn't me. OK?

Kei te pehea te kura?

Why are you here, not there? - Watea na te ra mo te porotehi.

- Ah, hikoi ana ki reira.

Hikoi taua?

- Shout us a kebab? - Oosh, on my salary?

He aha ko miti pie?

- Anderson's pie? - Ae.

- Ka pai hoki tena.

You said aggravated robbery.

Ki to whakaaro he pu ki taku peke?

- I mau te...

He aha te kupu Maori mo 'hammer'? - Uh, he 'hama'?

- Ah, hama. Of course.

And no, I don't think that you're— (RT CHIRPS)

- LILIU ON RT: Constable Young, what's your location?

- Wait one. (PHONE RINGS)

Here, almost forgot.

He pehea ana to whaea?

She know you're not at school? - She's happy to not be looking after your broken arse any more.

Ka hoko tonu mai koe te titi miti pie maku?

Watea ana au ranei ki te haere? - Ae, he watea nei ki te haere.

Engari...

my partner's already called it in.

So if I don't ask you what's in your bag, I'm not doing my job. - OK, then. Serious guy.

- Ko tenei taku mahi. - He tangata pai koe, Adrian.

Engari, i kite ana koe nga mea hiahia nei keo.

Anei. Tirohia.

- Kaua e hoha.

Why are you giving me such a hard time?

- Conrad!

Kei te pai koe, Conrad? Kua mau koe i te pirihimana?

- Taihoa.

Anei.

Mo te miti pie. - 'Course.

(PHONE BUZZES)

What is it? - KELLY: Chris is losing his shit. (DISTANT SHOUTING, BANGING)

- What? - Adrian, he's kicking the door down.

- For fuck's sakes.

- If you can't come right now, I'm gonna call 111. - No, don't call 111.

Conrad! - I don't know what else to do.

- LILIU ON RT: Constable Young, what's your location?

- He's gonna hurt him. - He's not gonna hurt him. Just—

I'm just up the road, OK? Just— I'll be there in, like, 30 seconds.

- Hurry!

(TENSE MUSIC)

- 10-3 for the 1C.

Youth.

Requesting pickup from the Golden Dragon. - Is that that Chinese restaurant?

I'm expecting some spring rolls, Constable.

(CLATTERING) - Hey, hey!

Kelly, just tell him.

- Chris!

- Conrad?!

(OMINOUS MUSIC)

Con!

Conrad!

Con!

Conrad!

SCREAMS: Conrad!

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

- Oh my life. I'm so shit at this.

- Oh my God, you're butchering it.

You are an embarrassment to our profession.

- I'm not a surgeon. - Thank God.

- MUFFLED: Love you. - Mm.

(DOOR OPENS)

- Hey, I know it's your last day and all, but what did you do to Sandra?

She is... whew!

- Nothing. - It's all right. We won't turn it into anything.

Hey, Sandra. I was just telling— - Yeah, like I said on the phone,

Nurse Hinewai has been overstepping and undermining me and the way I run the ICU.

- All right, Sandra, let's just... - You know what? - ...breathe.

- You pretend to care

about the patients, about your team. You break the rules.

You take the toothpaste and toothbrushes... - Oh my God!

- ...that are reserved for patients.

- Oh my God! - And you give them to visitors pretending to be nice and kind!

But it's fake. You are a fraud and a phoney, and everyone loves you!

- OK.

- I've got work to do.

- CHUCKLES: Wow.

She is scary, man.

You OK?

- MUFFLED: I'm fine.

Rodney,

when I leave here at the end of the day, don't ever contact me again.

- You sure you're all right, babe? - Peachy (!)

SCREAMS: Someone help me!

(BREATHES SHAKILY)

(BREATHES SLOWLY)

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

(SIGHS)

(KNOCKING AT DOOR) You don't have to knock.

- Excuse me, Nurse Hinewai.

Tane told me to ask you for some help.

- What is it? - I'm still having a bit of trouble with the IVs.

- Let's go.

(TENSE MUSIC)

- SANDRA: You pretend to care about the patients, about your team.

- Oh, Maria. Grab some gauze.

Hello, Mr Williams. Back again, I see.

Let's get this sorted for you, shall we?

We've got a lovely view of the maunga out there.

Done.

See this vein here? Try that one.

I've still got four hours left. I would watch my back if I were you.

- (CHUCKLES)

- Anything urgent that needs my attention? - Karekau.

Nothing urgent right now. We're on top of things. - Kia rima mineti noa

kia puta au

ki te hauangi. - Mm-hm. Whatever.

- Phoney?

Fuck you, Sandra.

- William Smith?

- (POPS LIPS)

- I'm gonna miss our trade-off. - (CHUCKLES)

(PHONE LINE RINGS)

- Yo. Conrad here. Leave a message.

- So, you're duty manager today, yeah?

- Why? Do you wanna make a complaint? - No.

It's my super. He said I needed to talk to my duty manager.

You know, about requesting leave a short notice. Is that you? - Well, I'm just acting duty.

But... I reckon I'll be all right. What have you got on? - Last-minute thing.

And we weren't gonna go, but, you know.

Sef and I haven't really spent much time together since we got married, so...

Yeah. Anyway, we got invited to this wedding in Niue.

Ooh! Suga, the flights are cheap, so we thought, why not?

- Well, that sounds amazing. - Mm-hm.

- What about the boys?

- Yeah. They're gonna come to.

Shitting myself though, thinking about the finances.

But, I mean, the experience and the time together — it's gonna be worth it, you know.

(PHONE CHIMES)

You OK? - Oh yeah.

Just, um, Timoti.

Worried about Con skipping school. We can't find him.

- He's 15. - (CHUCKLES) Yeah, I know.

Man, I had this dream about him last night. You know those dreams that just feel so real?

So we're in the ocean.

And he was drowning, and I was trying to find him.

(RT CHIRPS) I just... couldn't find him.

- OK. Copy that.

Sorry. I gotta go back in.

You OK? - Yeah.

- Here.

Happy last day. - Kia ora.

(WAVES LAP)

(UPBEAT ACOUSTIC MUSIC)

- # Ba-ba-ba, ba-ba.

# Ba-ba-ba-ba, ba-ba-ba, ba-ba.

(PHONE LINE RINGS)

(PHONE RINGS)

- Here. Almost forgot.

- Conrad here. Leave a message. - Fuck.

- # Do-do-do-do, do-do-do,

# do-do, do-do, do-do, do-do.

# I dreamed a dream,

# or was it real?

# When all that I can do,

# to ride the road

# inside my mind,

# I dreamed a dream of you.

# The warmest breeze against my ear.

# The sea and sky so blue.

# A paradise inside my mind.

- What's going on?

What?

- Don't touch it.

- # Ba-ba-ba-ba, ba-ba-ba, ba-ba.

# Ba-ba-ba-ba, ba-ba-ba, ba-ba. #

- I— I've gotta go. - He aha?

- I'm— I'm sorry. - Kaia.

- It's Tyrone. - Kaia!

- Chris!

- Fuck!

- We found his toe!

(DRAMATIC SYNTH MUSIC)

(EXPLOSION BOOMS)

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